United Score in First Premiership Battle as Britain’s First League of Giving is Revealed

18 August 2012

Manchester United have won their opening football season
skirmish with arch-rivals Man City, topping the first ever football
“League of Giving” for Britain’s most generous fans.

United fans, who endured narrowly losing the Premiership title
to City at the end of last season, trumped their rival supporters
to the title in a nationwide poll to find the “League of Giving”
commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation, (CAF) which promotes
charitable giving and provides financial services and social
finance to not-for-profit organisations.

The poll of more than 1,000 Premiership fans saw Arsenal at
number 18 ahead of Swansea and Stoke, while their north London
rival Spurs landed in third spot. London giants Chelsea, meanwhile,
where left in ninth place, according to the poll of 1,067
Premiership fans.

Researchers asked fans of all 20 teams in the Premiership how
much they give to charity in a month.

Overall, fans gave an average of £15 a month. But Manchester
United fans topped the table giving away more than £30 a month to
charity, above the £27.78 donated each month by Manchester City
supporters.

Tottenham Hotspur devotees sit third in the league with fans
each giving nearly £23 a month to charity.

The league of generosity shows:

Rank

Club

Average monthly donation

1

Manchester United

£30.03

2

Manchester City

£27.78

3

Tottenham

£22.77

4

Newcastle

£20.99

5

Southampton

£16.86

6

Aston Villa

£16.76

7

Liverpool

£16.07

8

Fulham

£15.83

9

Chelsea

£15.51

10

West Brom

£14.17

11

Norwich

£13.98

12

Sunderland

£12.66

13

Wigan

£12.58

14

Reading

£10.55

15

West Ham

£10.49

16

Queens Park Rangers

£10.48

17

Everton

£9.62

18

Arsenal

£9.45

19

Swansea

£8.96

20

Stoke

£6.53

Richard Harrison, CAF Director of Research, said: “The fact that
football fans give £15 a month to good causes is excellent news for
charity.

“While all the pre-season talk has been about huge transfer fees
and mammoth wages, it’s great to know that Premiership fans care
about good causes as well as the action on the pitch.

“Football fans are famous for their generosity. Giving to
charity is as rewarding as the beautiful game, and in these tough
times, it is more vital than ever to back the causes we all care
about.”

Market research firms Research Now and Lake questioned 1,067
football supporters between Tuesday 31st July and Sunday 12th
August.